How do we measure a year? In tools loaned, in members joined, in number of partnerships created? How about all of the above?!

Check out the Tool Library's 2018 Impact Report to see the sharing economy at work and the leaps and bounds our organization has made thanks to the dedication of our volunteers, members, and the WNY community!

LEND A HAND

Join the Tool Library and our community partners for a dozen service events across University District this fall!

Whether it’s tree planting, garden tending, street cleaning, or some light leaf blowing, there’s a way for you to get involved in your community and make a positive impact!

BECOME A MEMBER

We provide communities with the tools they need to create the change they want.

Sign up today to get affordable access to our inventory of over 3,000 tools!

The Dare to Repair Cafe is a community event where individuals can bring broken items to the repair cafe and have volunteer “fixers” try to repair the item alongside them for free.

Join us at The Foundry on Saturday, September 14th for our first Repaire Cafe of the season!

DARE TO REPAIR

BORROW
&
LEND

Search our online inventory of over 1,800 tools and sign up to become a Tool Library member and start borrowing today!

DONATE
&
SHARE

Donate to help support the Tool Library in its mission to provide communities with access to tools or share a story on how the Tool Library has impacted you

ORGANIZE
&
VOLUNTEER

Got an idea for change? Organize your neighbors and make it happen! Volunteer with the Tool Library and help keep our shop open!

LEARN
&
TEACH

Have an idea, skill, or talent you want to share with the community? Use the University Heights CoLab for low to no cost workshop space!

"When you share tools with a community, they begin doing things they never could have done before."

We've planted over 1,280 trees across University District since 2014

We've invested over $700,000 in volunteer hours since 2015 through service events

We've loaned out over 23,000 tools since 2015, saving our members hundreds of thousands of dollars

STEPS TO JOIN

A membership to the Tool Library gives individuals and organizations access to an inventory of thousands of tools for an annual fee starting as low as $20. With no rental fees and a week-long loan period, stop spending hundreds of dollars to buy tools you’ll only use once and start borrowing ours today!

By supporting the Tool Library through a membership, you’re not only gaining access to thousands of tools, you’re also supporting dozens of hands-on projects and programs working everyday to make our city a little better.